Mizzou lands commitment from talented 2021 safety out of St. Louis
The Missouri Tigers have been one of the busiest teams on the recruiting trails in recent weeks, and that momentum continued on Tuesday night.
That’s when 3-star 2021 S Tyler Hibbler announced via Instagram that he was committing to the Tigers and new coach Eliah Drinkwitz.
Hibbler is a 5-11, 183-pound safety from Trinity Catholic High School in St. Louis — the Tigers’ fifth commitment in the class from either St. Louis or East St. Louis.
Class of 2021 – DB Tyler Hibbler @t_hibb2x Commitment Live!!! https://t.co/tW9xW2Vtv0
— EliteAm #eliteszn (@eliteamsports) June 24, 2020
Per the 247Sports composite rankings, Hibbler is the No. 50 safety in the class of 2021 and the No. 9 overall recruit from the state of Missouri.
The Tigers now have 15 players in their 2021 recruiting class, which currently ranks No. 26 in the nation and No. 8 in the SEC, per 247Sports.
Below, check out some of Hibbler’s high school highlights, courtesy of Hudl:
I can’t remember the last time a Mizzou coach had this much success in the St Louis area. Pretty exciting.
Well Odom wasn’t doing too bad. Don’t forget Jalani Williams and Jack Buford were both 4 stars and a good crop of 3stars CJ Boone, Maurice Massey, Niko Hea all in 2019 class out of StL. For 2020 both Brady Cook and Jay Maclin had already signed with Odom.
Look at Barry Odom’s recruiting classes each year. Not one of his recruiting class was a top 25 class! That is how bad he is. Drinkwitz is the real deal! He is a good HC that knows offense! He is also a much better recruiter than Barry Odom.
Neither did Pinkel. There’s some perspective that can’t be ignored here. First of all the program was in much better shape when they hired Drink compared to when they hired Odom. Secondly, the 2021 recruiting cycle has a long way to go for schools all across the country. Drink is off to a good start but we all know decommit’s and poaching from other schools are on the horizon so lets keep this “Top 25 Class” stuff in perspective and realize there’s a ton of time left for schools who have a lot more slots available to fill in 2021 than Mizzou. I think Drink has done a great job thus far, but most top 25 schools are far from being done filling their class.
These are decent players but nothing to get excited about. It’s literally par for the course for Mizzou. We’re high in the rankings solely due to the number of commits, not the quality. We have an .86 recruit rating average, which in a typical year will finish in the 30s for class rankings. (Assuming you have at least 3 or 4 4-star players, which we don’t).
We need to bump our average up to .88 to get into top 20 territory.
@TigerTD: That’s correct, this class isn’t shaping up to be a whole lot different than what either Odom or Pinkel did. There are a ton of schools who just don’t have that many commits yet and the overall rankings are kind of skewed at this point. No one can fault Drink for anything he’s starting off really well in a number of ways but lets see where this actually finishes. Of course the bigger question (and challenge) is can he coach these classes to overachieve and not just perform at or barely above .500 like Odom? That’s what Mizzou really needs out of this hire, or any HC hire Sterk makes.
Boneheaded Barry drove me nuts, lost games he should have won. I’m optimistic that an offensive minded coach won’t let that happen.
From what I understand, Drink has changed our recruiting focus to Missouri and Big10 states. I think it’s really smart. No point in fighting 13 other SEC schools for kids in Florida, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas, etc.
That makes sense minus shying away from Texas. The problem with that is the state is chock full of talent and being only a set number of 5 and 4 stars that are handed out each year there are a lot of 4* kids with 5* talent and 3* kids with 4* talent. Pinkel was great at recognizing this and grabbing kids from TX who’s talent exceeded their rating. Although getting the best out of MO and surround areas should be a major focus, it would be a shame not to keep TX or FLA for that matter a fairly high priority in recruiting.
Just hope they don’t riot like they did in St Louis.
I wasn’t aware that there were different styles of rioting. Are there a lot? could you explain the difference? Which do you prefer?
Zou, pay no attention to that toothless dip $hit. He is absolutely clueless.
this is the most ignorant statement of the day. Why do you have to say stuff like this? It seems like it’s people like you who are the reason why there is systematic racism. These kind of comments do nothing but start stuff and make the University of Missouri (you could just be a troll with nothing better to do in your life while you’re still in your moms basement) bad. I now put you ahead of Wolfman for the most outlandish comment on this message board. Sorry Wolfman but you have now been replaced and moved to second place, we still love you though but this guy not so much.
It’s hard for ‘some’ people to recognize reality. Here’s an idea you can easily take up that will ‘ground’ you a little at a time. Start out adopting a team of 10 year olds, after a couple years, volunteer to help a older club or Y team of some kind, then get a certificate and see how you do in High School. Then a small private college, …the D3 or the D2, last but not least get hired to coach a D1 program, (your going to need some education to get almost all of those jobs). Once you have done that, we can have a discussion on the same level. In the mean time, you just have to let this stuff rattle your brain. I’ll will admit I skipped the D3 but did coach at the NJCAA level, having little in common, but it is a educational gig too. If you don’t feel you need to do any of this to continue trying to make sense out of college sports, then watch some Gomer Pyle tv re-runs and make a name for yourself explaining how your mc experience is different than that.
man you do take everything literal dont you? You do realize that you are kind of the laughing stock of the Mizzou fan base on this page right? Nobody cares what coaching you have done in the past, this isn’t a coaching forum, its a fan page. I’m going to act like you didn’t just insult my fellow devils and I with your last sentence trying to compare us to a fictional movie character who kills himself because he was too weak….
Thanks for confirming what I just pointed out
Darrel is solely focused on trolling, it’s not ever worth reading his comments. I scroll right past when I see his name. Responding to him just makes him feel important and he doesn’t need that. Just ignore him.
Pay no attention to this guy. All his posts are anti-mizzou. It’s either the uga troll DD2 who made fun of Maty Mauk’s dad when he had cancer or a KU troll. This is a low class guy for sure.
just noticed that our QB commit, Tyler Macon, is a top 20 finalist in the elite 11. Good sign that we got a baller coming to COMO!
wow, thanks for bringing that news, and it’s great news
Thanx for the comments, it’s nice to be appreciated. Professional trolls like me have to point out the truth, and I won’t hesitate now. The Zoo is exactly what the program is, no fan support and antiquated facilities. The SEC only wanted the school for the tv money; I guess that is ok. You are in the same league as Vanderbilt and will probably stay that way. It’s sad, really.
DD2 stop hiding behind a different name. All your posts are anti-mizzou. You better watch out though. If your moms sees you on the Internet again she going to take your bicycle.
Nice couple of recruiting weeks for your new coach, TT…as for the money man, Darrell is a Miss St CowBellHellU professional troll…
Correct, LeghumperU.
Did his mom ground him yet? She won’t let him sleep in the basement if he continues behaving like a child.
I am not DD2…
He’s a Mississippi State guy?! Hahaha! They’re not even going to have a team this year! Haha!
Where were you when Mizzou was winning the SEC East? If not for so many injuries, Mizzou would have competed for the championship the first year. SEC superiority was just a myth. That’s why Missouri and Texas AM we’re able to do so well when they entered the league.
You are totally correct tonytiger…it is sad; pretty soon there will be no sports.
The .8654 recruit average would be the highest Missouri has had since 2012. Also saying the program was in better shape when Drink took over than Odom is crazy. Pinkel’s 2015 class was 25th with Beckner and Lock hardly a bare cupboard. What Odom did after that was 43rd, 43rd, 43rd, and 37th. So yes you should be excited at what Drink has been able to do and yes Odom was a poor recruiter and a poor coach.
I’m certainly more optimistic about Drink than I ever was for Odom, but honestly the quality of these recruits isn’t much different than what we had. .86 ratings typically land your class in the 30s for class rankings. We need to be in the top 30 before we start thinking we’ve turned a corner.
It’s entirely possible that Drink has a better eye for talent and these guys may be studs, but we don’t have evidence of that yet. Fingers crossed.
Our Missouri high school programs need better trained coaches. What Drink needs to do is to hold more and better coaching clinics or help improve a coaches association. There is absolutely nothing better about St. Louis or even Kansas City athletes. It’s all about what high school players know about playing football and how far along is their development. I like to think of this as culturing the football mind, then detailing the curriculum for the cardiovascular, the techniques, and the strength-endurance. This should be the basis for handing out star-ratings. Out-state programs need to travel a little farther to test each other but when more coaches are better teachers, more talent will start showing up in less than than the large and private schools